Robinson Helicopter Company (RHC) is to collaborate with Québec-based United Therapeutics subsidiary Unither Bioelectronics on the development of hydrogen-powered helicopters based on the R44 and R66. The joint effort is...
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Joby Aviation has announced it has successfully flown a hydrogen-electric air taxi demonstrator 523 miles, with water as the only by-product. The aircraft, which takes off and lands vertically, builds...
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When you live in a remote, inaccessible location like the Isle of Gigha, a three-hour drive followed by a 20-minute ferry sailing from Glasgow, Scotland, you might be forgiven for...
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Piasecki believes the combination of a compound aircraft and hydrogen power will make the PA-890 a game-changer. Photo: Piasecki New on the aerospace scene, the PA-890 looks to catapult helicopters...
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Leonardo and Pratt & Whitney Canada have announced the successful completion of the first flight for a PT6C-67C-powered AW139 using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The 75-minute sortie took place...
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RIVE Private Investment and Safran Helicopter Engines have signed a long-term partnership agreement at EUROPEAN ROTORS in Madrid for the provision of Safran Helicopter Engines’ decarbonisation advisory offering, including its...
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These are busy times for Airbus Helicopters’ flight test team at Donauwörth. Airbus is already developing an upgraded H135 featuring a five-bladed main rotor and a redesign of the empennage,…
Airbus has become a strategic partner with DG Fuels LLC (DGF). DGFs plant aims to have an initial production capacity of 120 million US gallons (454 million litres) of SAF…
Rolls-Royce has revealed that it is about to begin testing its new small gas turbine (SGT) specifically developed for power hybrid-electric flight. The engine is part of a turbogenerator system…
CHC has announced the launch of a proprietary flight planning software, Clear Skies, which it says is the industry’s first “lowest carbon” rotary-wing flight planning tool. The software was developed…
